The train of the Red River hunters consisting "of 824 carts, about 1,200 animals, and 1,300 persons, men, women, and children." The encampment is formed by making "a circular or square yard of the carts, placed side by side with the...
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Teton River (Minn.); Valleys
The Teton Valley, "a vast plain, descending towards the east, the soil of inferior quality, and the dry vegetation indicated the change in the climate observed in going over the high, dry plains towards the Missouri." "The valley...
The lock is a single lift type, 86 feet wide and 683 feet long, with a 15-foot minimum depth over the sills. The vertical lifts average 75 feet. The lock is located on the Washington side of the Columbia River.
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction.
The initial level of concrete has been poured across the entire distance of the bottom of the dam. The Columbia is flowing over the central portion of the dam.
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dedication services; Watt, James G., -- 1938-;United States. -- Dept. of the Interior -- Officials and employees;Foley, Thomas S.;Spellman, John.
Secretary of Interior James G. Watt speaking at the dedication of the third power house at Grand Coulee Dam. Congressman Thomas Foley seated immediately behind Secretary Watt, Governor John Spellman seated at far right, visible over standing...
Photograph of the F.M. Martin Grain & Milling Co., an early mill located on the north side of the Northern Pacific Railroad tracks in Cheney, Washington. Photograph shows Northern Pacific Railroad cars, horses and wagon, bags of grain, and...
Eastern Washington University -- Buildings -- History; Benjamin P. Cheney Academy (Cheney Wash.)
Photograph of the Benjamin P. Cheney Academy (currently Eastern Washington University) building viewed from the southwest. The Benjamin P. Cheney Academy opened in 1882 with an enrollment of over 200 students. The building was destroyed by fire in...
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Spokane, Wash.); Church architecture -- Details; Church architecture -- Washington (State); Carving
Photograph of a stone carver at work on the limestone panel to be installed over the front doors of the main entrance to St. John's Cathedral, Spokane Washington.